Australia's Sydney Coast Threatened By Floods

CANBERRA—Flooding in Australia's most urbanized state of New South Wales worsened Thursday with heavy rainfall threatening its densely-populated coastal areas, including the major city of Sydney.

The Bureau of Meteorology said a deepening low pressure system off the coast is producing heavy rain and may lead to flash flooding, along with winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour and heavy seas in areas from the central coast south through Sydney to the south coast. Sections of highways in some of the city's busiest suburbs...